“...Had we backed down from our position of belligerence, Putin would have never invaded Ukraine...”
Not according to Putin and his words to his own people as to the purpose of the “Special Military Operation.” In addition, what trends on Russian social media is what Putin wants to trend. And Russian social media lighted up with applause for the speaker of the Russian Duma’s words about “Reversing the illegal transfer of Alaska.” Putin’s entire body of work illustrates his wide-ranging territorial ambitions. The reason Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania support Ukraine fanatically is because they feel they are next ... Poland too.
So, you are saying Putin is not like Stalin who Putin admires? Under Stalin, Solzhenitsyn got an eight year sentence for being coyly critical of the supreme leader. Some of the sentences handed out under Putin are longer for the same offense.
Why is there another new Stalin monument way out where Stalin was exiled/imprisoned. It is a costly giant letter on the hillside type sign.
You just go ahead and gloat over the destruction of my wife’s home area due to the Russian invasion. Some of her extended family was exiled to Solovki during Stalin’s time. The same Russian mindset commits atrocities in the Donbas currently.
Don’t think you are fooling anyone with you fake pro-life arguments. You are as pro-life as Himmler. Your ignorance of Ukraine is made up for by your arrogance. You are truly pathetic.
The reality is that Putin has never stated that he admires Stalin. He has praised Stalin for being an effective manager in WWII to help defeat Hitler's Nazi Regime. But he has also said that the people must also learn from Stalin's mistakes. He also acknowledged that Stalin’s repressions were a dark period in Russian history.
Like us, he loves his nation, but he is not making excuses for Stalin's shortcomings either. I disagree with him on many issues, but that doesn't mean he should shirk his duty to protect the Russian citizens from external threats. That is actually a positive that he stands up for his citizens, especially when our leader wants to replace us with illegal invaders.
Under Stalin, Solzhenitsyn got an eight year sentence for being coyly critical of the supreme leader.
Solzhenitsyn was born into a family that defied the Soviet anti-religious campaign in the 1920s and remained devout members of the Russian Orthodox Church. However, he initially lost his faith in Christianity, became an atheist, and embraced Marxism–Leninism. While serving as a captain in the Red Army during World War II, Solzhenitsyn was arrested by SMERSH and sentenced to eight years in the Gulag and then internal exile for criticizing Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in a private letter. As a result of his experience in prison and the camps, he gradually became a philosophically minded Eastern Orthodox Christian.
While not thrown into a Gulag:
Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller, a Marine Corps officer, gained national attention for criticizing the Afghanistan withdrawal. He was jailed in a military prison for violating a gag order, but was later released.
Scheller, the commander of the Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, posted a video questioning his superiors after the chaos following the evacuation from Afghanistan on August 26. He was removed from his job that Sunday and resigned three days later. Scheller’s family stated that he was subjected to intense pressure after posting the video, including a psych evaluation.
But then look at what Biden has done to J6 protestors, whose crime for the vast majority was merely entering the Capitol and many have have been sentenced to years in prison, after spending years without even being charged. One a grandmother in her 70s for going into the Capitol to pray. She too was sentenced to years.
Need I remind you of the lawfare leveled against Trump, Bidens political opponent. The show trials that have taken place would probably make Putin blush.
You just go ahead and gloat over the destruction of my wife’s home area due to the Russian invasion. Some of her extended family was exiled to Solovki during Stalin’s time. The same Russian mindset commits atrocities in the Donbas currently.
I am not gloating about anything that has transpired. That's another problem you have. You do not listen to what people say. I have stated all along that it is our country under the stolen presidency of Biden that has created this conflict from the get-go. A conflict that had a simple solution, not expand NATO into Georgia or Ukraine. Another fact that ignore as if that statement is carrying the plague. BTW, had you bothered to actually watch the videos I provided you would have seen that John Mearsheimer confirms the point that Putin was prodded into taking action. That he really didn't relish the prospect of invading Ukraine, and that there is zero evidence of Putin desiring to take Europe. But you refuse to listen, because it counters your entire narrative. I'm sorry that it affects you directly, but it still has no bearing on this nation, but supporting one side over the other does have direct consequences to this nation that is teetering itself on total destruction. ,p> Sorry, but for me, and many others, our nation comes first.
The best I can offer your wife's country is to stop the carnage, now. Quit waiting for it to be returned in its entirety. That possibility was taken away when Zelenskyy made the wrong choice to fight Russia and relying upon Biden.
Furthermore, I would prefer that Zelenskyy turn against Biden and expose all of his crimes in Ukraine.
Don’t think you are fooling anyone with you fake pro-life arguments. You are as pro-life as Himmler. Your ignorance of Ukraine is made up for by your arrogance. You are truly pathetic.
Well, everyone is entitled to their opinions, even wrong ones. You are full of wrong opinions. Therefore your attempts at insult has zero affect on the truth, something that is foreign to you, because as I have said before you are a brainwashed fool tool. You keep bring up Stalin to equate him to Putin.
So, I assume you believe the lies that equate Trump to Hitler, because facts are not important to you. You prefer the propaganda over the truth because the truth disputes your hatred. Perhaps when Putin dies the next man up may fulfill your fears, but that won't change your hatred for Putin, while you ignore the crimes of Biden.
You're beyond pathetic in my opinion.